First-time asylum applications

In 2021, Luxembourg's first-time asylum applications increased by 5.4% compared to 2020, reaching 1,375.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 536,270.

Luxembourg ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.3% (from 2,060 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.